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Seth MacFarlane’s new live-action sci-fi series ‘The Orville’ gets just about everything right to look and even sound like a spot-on ‘Star Trek’ spoof. Inexplicably, the creator of ‘Family Guy...
Seth MacFarlane’s new live-action sci-fi series ‘The Orville’ gets just about everything right to look and even sound like a spot-on ‘Star Trek’ spoof. Inexplicably, the creator of ‘Family Guy...
Disney’s recent trend of digging into its vaults and remaking its animated classics in live action has mostly been a frustrating endeavor. Movies like ‘Maleficent’ and ‘Cinderella’ felt forced and woe...
While anyone who directs a movie like ‘Iron Man’ obviously knows a thing or two about blockbuster entertainment, it was always a bit odd to see Jon Favreau working in the $150 million arena. The new indie comedy ‘...
After last weekend’s blockbuster superhero kick-off to summer, this week brings some counter-programming. We have a crude R-rated comedy, an awful-looking animated flick, a light-hearted family movie and a few indies to kick...
I haven’t seen a decent road trip comedy since, well, ‘Road Trip’ back in 2000. With the poor performance of this year’s ‘The Guilt Trip’, I had some hope that ‘Identity Thief’ would...
Ever since news broke last week that Disney has purchased Lucasfilm and intends to release a new ‘Star Wars’ movie in 2015, the entire internet has been abuzz with speculation about who would actually make the film, no...
I’m a snob when it comes to television – not just because I think that 99.9% of TV programming is a complete waste (which I do), but because I have to watch so many shows, that when I finally get to watch something that I wa...
Indie movies dominate the Blu-ray scene this week, with a special emphasis on indie movies from the mid ’90s about gambling. What a strange niche to fill all of a sudden.
Although August is usually peppered with a few hits, the end of July marks the descent of popcorn pictures and the dregs of the not-too-spectacular summer flicks. True, there are still big movies like ‘Rise of the Planet of ...
I’ve been looking forward to the release of ‘Cowboys & Aliens’ with a lot of anticipation ever since the teaser trailer began running over a year ago. The unique genre-blending concept grabbed my attention a...
‘Iron Man,’ released two years ago, wasn’t exactly the most nuanced superhero outing. It had a mechanical “origins” plot and muddy politics. (Billionaire industrialist Tony Stark wants his tech taken ...